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Research in Leganés

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Leganés, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are IMDEA Networks.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
690
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
25.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1974-2026
53 years on the record
Leganés

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Which research institutions are in Leganés?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1IMDEA NetworksResearch facility 614 #12,572
2Association for Research and Industrial Development of Natural ResourcesNonprofit 76 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Leganés work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research in Leganés is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (45%), Engineering (30%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 185 fractional works · 78.4% of its workComputer Science: 105 fractional works · 44.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 17.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 12.2% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 29.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 42 fractional works · 17.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeganés236fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science10544.6%
    2. Engineering7029.9%
    3. Environmental Science31.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    5. Mathematics20.8%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences187.6%
    2. Psychology52.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.8%
    4. Decision Sciences41.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Neuroscience31.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    1. Medicine72.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Leganés strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Leganés is most concentrated in Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (19.5× the world share in Computer Networks and Communications).

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 36.4 works19×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 94.3 works5.8×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 26.6 works5.3×
  4. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 38.2 works5.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.79× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.97× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.79×94 works
  2. Engineering1.97×62 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.86×4 works
  4. Veterinary1.02×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.82×3 works
  6. Mathematics0.78×2 works
  7. Social Sciences0.64×17 works
  8. Psychology0.63×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×4 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.45×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.19×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  18. Nursing0.16×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  20. Medicine0.14×6 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  22. Energy0.12×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.09×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Leganés?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Wireless Networks, Machine Learning, 5G Networks, IoT Security, Massive MIMO and Internet of Things.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning44▲ 5.4×47 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 3.2×37 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency19▲ 8.9×12 topics
  4. Wireless Networks16▲ 47×8 topics
  5. 5G Networks16▲ 33×5 topics
  6. Neural Networks15▲ 4.0×21 topics
  7. IoT Security14▲ 19×3 topics
  8. Internet of Things13▲ 6.2×11 topics
  9. Massive MIMO12▲ 61×3 topics
  10. Channel Modeling11▲ 39×6 topics
  11. Wireless Sensor Networks10▲ 9.4×10 topics
  12. Healthcare10▲ 3.6×7 topics
  13. Spectral Efficiency10▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Heterogeneous Networks10▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Security9▲ 5.8×15 topics
  16. Data Mining9▲ 5.2×7 topics
  17. Cellular Networks9▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Interference Alignment9▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Anomaly Detection8▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Security and Privacy8▲ 18×3 topics
  21. MIMO Systems8▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Mobile Edge Computing7▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Smart Cities7▲ 12×5 topics
  24. 5G7▲ 53×3 topics
  25. Distributed Systems7▲ 18×6 topics
  26. Edge Computing7▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Network Virtualization7▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Software-Defined Networking7▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Fog Computing7▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Time Series6▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Classification6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Beamforming6▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Communications6▲ 72×2 topics
  34. Behavioral Analysis5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Hybrid Precoding5▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Millimeter Wave5▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Intelligent Transportation Systems5▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Travel Behavior5▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Inertial Sensors5▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Wireless Communication5▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Leganés?

Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 8 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 6 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Network…6Software-Defined Networks and 5G: 6 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagat…5Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 5 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Local…4Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 3 fractional worksTime Series Analysis and Forecasting: 3 fractional worksAge of Information Optim…3Age of Information Optimization: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsTransportationSignal Processing

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  3. 3 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  4. 4 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 4 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  7. 7 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 3 works
  9. 9 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Signal Processing 3 works
  10. 10 Age of Information Optimization Computer Networks and Communications 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Leganés16.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 40.9% in 2014.

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